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John Sanders Named DCHS Boys Basketball Coach (VIEW VIDEO HERE)
April 6, 2018
By: Dwayne Page
DeKalb County High School has a new boys basketball coach.
John Sanders has been hired to succeed Lynus Martin, who recently resigned after serving sixteen years as head coach of the Tiger Basketball program.
A native of Smith County, Coach Sanders comes to DeKalb County after having served as an assistant boys basketball coach at Murfreesboro Oakland High School. He and his wife Kristen Oldham Sanders reside in Carthage. He is also expected to teach physical education at DCHS.
Principal Randy Jennings said Coach Sanders seemed to standout among the 35-40 applicants for the job. “There was a lot of interest in the job but John just kept coming back to the top for us. He has coached at the junior high and high school level and has had success. He went to Oakland this past year as an assistant to learn and grow as a coach. He just checked a lot of those boxes we were looking for but more importantly he is a guy of very high character. He came highly recommended from everybody I talked to. They had nothing but great things to say about him. When he was at Smith County his players were really involved in the community. They would serve food to families during the holidays and participated in Operation Christmas Child. He would take his players to junior high basketball games to the feeder programs and things like that and really that is the type of guy we were looking for. We wanted somebody who was more than just a good basketball coach. We wanted a good role model for our young men,” said Principal Jennings.
Coach Sanders met with his team for the first time Friday morning. “The meeting went really well. I was impressed with how respectful the guys were. I was very excited and pleased to meet them and I am ready to get going,” he said.
“My vision for this program is to compete every night and to carry on the success and tradition that Coach Martin helped establish here and Coach Danny Bond before him. Those are the two coaches I know. They both did excellent jobs. Coach Martin is a friend of mine. I think he did a great job and left the program in great shape. My goal is to continue on and build on the success he left us,” said Coach Sanders.
“I like to play fast and get up and down the floor and get in a lot of possessions but you always have to tailor your game plan and the way you play to your personnel. If you have a bigger team you might play a little bit slower. We’ll see once I get to start working with the guys and see what we have and then we’ll do the best we can from there,” Coach Sanders continued.
After graduating from Smith County High School in 2005, Sanders furthered his education at Tennessee Tech where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in 2009 in Exercise Science, Physical Education and Wellness. In 2015, Sanders earned his Master’s Degree in Sport Management.
As for his coaching career, Sanders has served as assistant coach at Gordonsville Junior High School. Gordonsville High School, Smith County High School, Trousdale County High School, and at Murfreesboro Oakland High School.
His head coaching stints have been at Jim Satterfield Middle School at Hartsville from 2010-12, Smith County Middle School from 2012-14, and Smith County High School from 2014-17.
Coach Sanders has also spent many summers working individual basketball camps at Duke University under Coach Mike Kryzewski.
Among his coaching highlights, in 2013-14 Coach Sanders’ Smith County Middle School team went 34-1 and won the James C. Haile AA State Tournament in Murfreesboro and finished in the final 4 in the T-N-T State Tournament in Springfield.
In 2015-16, his Smith County High School team finished 22-11 and were the District 8AA regular season champions and advanced to the semi-finals of the Region 4AA tournament. He was named District 8AA Coach of the Year in 2015-16.
Coach Sanders’ teams made the region semi-finals in 2 of the 3 years he served as head coach at Smith County High School.
Early Voting Starts Wednesday for DeKalb Democratic Primary
April 6, 2018
By: Dwayne Page
Early voting begins next Wednesday, April 11 for the DeKalb County Democratic Primary
Voters will be making their choices as to who will represent the Democratic party as nominees in the August General Election for the offices of Road Supervisor, County Mayor, Circuit Court Clerk, Sheriff, Register of Deeds, County Clerk, and for the county commission in each of the seven districts. There is no Democratic candidate for Trustee
The primary will feature two county wide contested races for County Mayor and Circuit Court Clerk. There are four contested county commission district primary races including in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 7th districts.
The DeKalb County Election Commission has set the same time frame for early voting as in previous county elections.
The times are as follows:
Mondays—1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesdays—9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Wednesdays—9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Thursdays—2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Fridays—9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Saturdays—9 a.m. to noon.
Early voting begins April 11 and runs through April 26 on the first floor of the DeKalb County Courthouse.
The candidates for County Mayor are first term incumbent Tim Stribling, former three term incumbent Mike Foster, and two term incumbent 3rd District County Commissioner Bradley Hendrix. The winner will face Independent candidate Randy Paris in the August 2 County General Election. There is no Republican candidate for County Mayor.
Meanwhile Nicole Wright and Mark Milam are looking to become the party nominee for Circuit Court Clerk, a position Incumbent Katherine Pack, a democrat, has held since 2002. Pack is not seeking re-election to a fifth term. Wright works for Pack in the Circuit Court Clerk office. Milam has served as Constable of the 5th district for over 25 years. The winner of the primary will face Republican Susan Martin in the County General Election on August 2.
Other candidates in the May 1 DeKalb County Democratic Primary and the Republican and Independent opponents in the August 2 DeKalb County General Election are as follows:
COUNTY CLERK:
James L. (Jimmy) Poss—(Incumbent): Unopposed in May and August
SHERIFF:
Michael Agee-Unopposed in May. Agee will face Republican Incumbent Sheriff Patrick Ray on August 2
ROAD SUPERVISOR:
Jimmy Sprague- Unopposed in May. Sprague will face Republican Danny Hale on August 2
REGISTER OF DEEDS:
Jeff McMillen (Incumbent): Unopposed in May and August
TRUSTEE:
Republican Incumbent Sean Driver to be unopposed on August 2
COUNTY COMMISSION-FIRST DISTRICT (Two to be nominated in May)
Julie Young (Incumbent)-Unopposed in May
Dennis Slager-Unopposed in May
Republican Tom Chandler to be on the ballot with Slager and Young in August (Two to be elected in August)
COUNTY COMMISSION-SECOND DISTRICT (Two to be nominated in May)
Joe Johnson (Incumbent)
Nora Harvey
Myron Rhody
Republican Sabrina Farler to be on the ballot with the two Democratic nominees in August (Two to be elected in August)
COUNTY COMMISSION-THIRD DISTRICT (Two to be nominated in May)
Jack Barton (Incumbent)
Jenny Trapp
Bobby Johnson
Republican Renee Steff to be on the ballot with the two Democratic nominees in August (Two to be elected in August)
COUNTY COMMISSION-FOURTH DISTRICT (Two to be nominated in May)
Jonathan Norris (Incumbent)
Wayne Cantrell (Incumbent)
Dr. Scott Little
Bobby Taylor
Janice Fish-Stewart
Republican Greg Matthews to be on the ballot with the two Democratic nominees in August (Two to be elected in August)
COUNTY COMMISSION-FIFTH DISTRICT (Two to be nominated in May)
Anita Puckett (Incumbent) Unopposed in May
Lloyd Emmons Unopposed in May
Republican Incumbent Jerry Adcock and Independent candidate William Rutherford to be on the ballot with Puckett and Emmons in August (Two to be elected in August)
COUNTY COMMISSION-SIXTH DISTRICT (Two to be nominated in May)
Betty Atnip (Incumbent) Unopposed in May
Jeff Barnes (Incumbent) Unopposed in May
Republican candidate Matt Adcock to be on the ballot with Atnip and Barnes in August (Two to be elected in August)
COUNTY COMMISSION-SEVENTH DISTRICT(Two to be nominated in May)
Kevin Robinson (Incumbent)
Larry Summers (Incumbent
Beth Pafford
Republican candidate Bruce Malone to be on the ballot with the two Democratic nominees in August (Two to be elected in August)
Pody, Weaver, and Boyd to Face Opposition in 2018 Elections
April 6, 2018
By: Dwayne Page
State Senator Mark Pody and State Representatives Terri Lynn Weaver and Clark Boyd are being challenged in the 2018 elections.
Senator Pody, a Republican, will face a rematch with Democrat Mary Alice Carfi in the November General Election. The winner will represent District 17 for four years in the State Senate. Pody and Carfi, both of Wilson County, are unopposed in their respective party primaries on August 2.
Noon Thursday, April 5 was the qualifying deadline.
Pody narrowly defeated Carfi in a special election last December to fill the remaining year of former State Senator Mae Beavers’ unexpired term.
Meanwhile State Representative Weaver, a Republican who represents District 40, is facing a primary challenge on August 2 from Chad Z. Williams. Both are from Smith County. Jason Holleman, a Democrat also from Smith County, has filed a petition to run for the office in the Tennessee Democrat Primary in August. If nominated, Holleman would face either Weaver or Williams in the Tennessee General Election in November. The term is for two years. An independent, Teresa Marion of Pleasant Shade has also filed a petition with the state to run for the office in November but her candidate status is still pending according to the Tennessee Division of Elections website.
Republican State Representative Clark Boyd in District 46 is facing a GOP primary challenge in August from Menda McCall Holmes. Both are from Wilson County. Boyd was appointed by the Wilson County Commission to fill the remaining year of former State Representative Mark Pody’s unexpired term after Pody was elected to the State Senate. Meanwhile, two candidates are seeking the Democrat nomination for the District 46 State Representative seat, Mark Cagle of Wilson County and Faye Northcutt-Knox of Cannon County. Winners of the respective primaries in August will square off in the November Tennessee General Election. The term is for two years.
The following candidates have filed petitions to run for state executive committeeman and woman in their party primaries:
Republican State Executive Committeeman-17th District
Jerry Beavers of Wilson County and Dwayne Craighead of Clay County
Democratic State Executive Committeeman-17th District
Aubrey T. Givens of Wilson County
Republican State Executive Committeewoman-17th District
Terri Nicholson of Wilson County
Jennifer Franklin Winfree of DeKalb County
Democratic State Executive Committeewoman-17th District
Carol Brown Andrews of Smith County
All the candidates listed above but Marion have filed duplicate state petitions with the DeKalb County Election Commission.
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